Its not selling well because Sony has turned the PS3 into a Western Console to compete with the 360 abroad.

Simple as that.

Well, actually I just checked and it was three weeks. It was also the three weeks after PS3 got:

- a price cut

- the new 40 GB model

- Dualshock 3

- the new White color model

- several new games (some even bundled if I recall correctly)

Even during those weeks, software didn't sell that great. It seems the enthusiasm during those weeks was more about the PS3 as a Blu-Ray player, which is further evidenced by PS3's lousy attach rate in Japan (much worse than the Wii's and the 360's).

To put it bluntly and sarcastically - congratulations to PS3 for beating the Wii in a totally meaningless context during three weeks, after getting outsold for a year.

"Sony’s PlayStation 3 has outsold Nintendo’s Wii in Japan over a four week period for the first time since the systems launched last year."

 Thats the quote from the article, but if you say 3 weeks, then I guess you would know. :) But back to the PS3 sales. Its been 2 weeks since sales have really started to decline. Yes, I believe they will stay low for awhile but still everyone is jumping to conclusions. The PS3 will never sell as well as the Wii in Japan because of its casual appeal. In fact, PS3 will probably always be behind Wii in hardware sales everywhere. The argument here is not about PS3 outselling Wii, but the PS3 sales in Japan. I believe the PS3 needs an influx of JRPGS. I wouldn't mind having more over here in the US as well. I remember that was the main reason I loved my PS1. Sony just needs to make more games that appeal to the Japanese market. I think a lot of Japanese people are still waiting for the big games like FF13. Every so often there is a poll of what Japaenese gamers are looking forward to the most, and around 50% of the most wanted games are for PS3.

PS3 isnt doing great at all its true, but there havent been a whole plethora of games which are usually MASSIVE in japan yet. From what I can tell, DW6, Hot Shots 5 and PES2008 are the only games which I saw the japanese going crazy for. GT5 is still only a prologue, so that effect wasnt gonna last.

Sony'll shove out more japanese orientated games in 2008, WKC will do pretty well for starters, as will the real GT5.

There's a subtle but important difference between winning over a four week period and winning four single weeks. In any case, it doesn't do much difference, the context of that "victory" is much more important, and that was what I wanted to highlight.

I truly believe that the PS3 is in trouble in Japan, not just because of low hardware sales, but also because people just aren't buying games for it. The mass of Japanese oriented games isn't going to happen if it keeps going like this (why did Capcom move Monster Hunter 3 to the Wii?).

Oh and I just saw that some PS3 games are as high as $85 in Japan. That would make even me not want to buy PS3 games and I love my PS3. :(

 Oh and this is the kinda stuff that really confuses me. Horrible sales in Japan but there are articles like this out there:

 http://www.gamegrep.com/reviews/2309-ps3_tops_most_wanted_games_list/

I know the article is a bit old. (June 2007) but a lot of the games aren't out in Japan yet, and it shows that there is a demand for PS3 games in Japan.

coz its big and chunks plus games that target japan arent out yet.

Sony don't have to worry about Japan, not with FFXIII on their side, calling it 'dead' is wishful thinking.

sony should also get dragon questVIII? (no idea what iteration its at) released for the ps3

Dragon Quest will most likely stay on DS or Wii. It was never a graphics intesive series and is actually a perfect fit for the Nintendo systems. Which is a shame, i'd love to have it on PS3 along with Kingdom Hearts 3 but its not gonna happen. :(